Education

Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, says the idea of cutting K-12 education funding is "absurd." Rothfuss says National Assessment of Educational Progress scores in Wyoming have risen in recent years while scores of other states have generally remained stagnant...

Stating that the Natrona County School Bond issue will be good for business and for students, the Board of Directors of the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce announced it is endorsing the bond measure on the ballot May 6. The Board members praised the planned Pathways academies that the bond will support with professional-level equipment, saying, “We believe that better future employees will come ou

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Campbell County school principals and department heads have been asked to examine the impact of a potential 10 percent budget cut. Administrators are considering spending cuts to avoid dipping into reserves. They say they face a one-year lag in state reimbursement for costs at new schools, and they might want to add features or space to new schools that the state won't pay fo

MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl has been stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school. A teenage boy is in custody, and police are investigating whether she was stabbed because she declined to be his date at the junior prom...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Legislature's Joint Education Interim Committee is holding discussions on how the state runs its public education system. The discussion on Friday in Cheyenne stems from the struggle between the Legislature and the governor's office and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill over control of the Wyoming Education Department...

UPDATE Thursday April 25 - CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — At least five people, including Director Richard Crandall, have resigned from the Wyoming Department of Education since Superintendent Cindy Hill was reinstated as the department's top official last Friday...

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead is the subject of a column in the Huffington Post. The issue at hand is the status of new science standards in the state, particularly the teaching of climate change.  The column by Bebecca Klein is entitled, "Wyoming Governor Takes Major Stand Against Modern Science...

GILLETTE, WYO. (AP) — Campbell County School District trustees have revised policies to ban electronic smoking devices in and around all school facilities. District officials say that includes adults, who have been seen smoking the devices at school events ...

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking more information from the Wyoming Deparmtnet of Education on its spending of federal funds under Superintendent Cindy Hill.

The Platte County Republican Party has censured GOP Gov. Matt Mead for signing the law stripping power from the office of schools Superintendent Cindy Hill and not reversing the law after the Wyoming Supreme Court struck it down.